Christian Mbilli TKO1 Maciej Sulecki ... Montreal-based powerhouse Christian Mbilli captured the WBC interim super middleweight title on Friday with a first-round technical knockout against Poland's Maciej Sulecki at Videotron Centre in Quebec City. Mbilli (32-0 including the World Series of Boxing) marched forward from...

Deontay Wilder TKO7 Tyrrell Herndon... Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder made a winning comeback in Wichita, Kansas on Friday against a low-level opponent, Tyrrell Herndon. Wilder was fighting for the first time since getting knocked about by Zhilei Zhang a little more than a year ago. Wilder scored a...

Here are the undercard results from Top Rank's show at Videotron Centre in Quebec City: Heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov (33-5 including the World Series of Boxing) needed less than two minutes to stop Ricardo Brown (12-1, 11 KOs). Makhmudov was returning from a loss vs. fringe contender Guido Vianello last...

Today (Saturday), Germany’s Leon Harth (22-6-1, 13 KOs) squares off against Montenegro’s Dilan Prasovic (18-5, 15 KOs) in a ten-round bridgerweight clash in Munich. For the 37-year-old Harth, this is more than just another fight—it’s an opportunity to reignite his career. A seasoned orthodox fighter with a steady rhythm and...

Today (Saturday), the boxing scene in the Dominican Republic takes center stage at Club Mauricio Báez in Santo Domingo. Two headline bouts will showcase rising talent. In the featherweight main event, Jonathan Cabrera Sánchez (10-0, 8 KOs) will square off against fellow undefeated Juan Mendoza (7-0-1, 3 KOs). Cabrera, age...

Here are the boxers' weights for Friday night's King's Promotions card at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia: Julian Gonzalez 132.2 pounds -vs.- Jason Sanchez 131; Shannel Butler 125 -vs.- Cara McLaughlin 123.8; Brendan O'Callaghan 157.8 -vs.- Travis Floyd 154; Aleksandre Dokvadze 185.2 -vs.- Mike Diorio...

International Boxing Hall of Famer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (pictured) held a media workout in Los Angeles on Wednesday, along with his trainer, fellow Hall of Famer Freddie Roach, as he prepares to challenge WBC welterweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios headlining a PBC pay-per-view event on Saturday, July 19th at the...

Here are the weigh-in results from Quebec City for the ESPN+ broadcast today (Friday) starting at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT:WBC interim super middleweight title — twelve rounds Christian Mbilli 167.7 pounds vs. Maciej Sulecki 167.7;  Steven Butler 167.6  vs. Jose De Jesus Macias 167.8 (ten rounds); Arslanbek Makhmudov...

Yuko Kuroki W10 Nanako Suzuki ... Southpaw Yuko Kuroki remains a force in women’s minimumweight boxing, turning in a strong performance to defeat fellow Japanese contender Nanako Suzuki by unanimous decision on Thursday night at Tokyo’s iconic Korakuen Hall. Kuroki (now 25-8-2, 9 KOs) used every ounce of her experience to...

Super middleweight destroyer Christian Mbilli has waited years for this moment and plans to take advantage of it against Polish veteran Maciej Sulecki. Mbilli (28-0, 23 KOs) will lock horns with Sulecki for the WBC interim super middleweight world title this Friday, June 27th at Videotron Centre in Quebec City....

Boxingtalk sends its best wishes to former boxer and MMA fighter Ben Askren, who is waiting for a lung transplant according to a Facebook post from Ben's wife Amy. According to the New York Post, Askren was placed on a ventilator after contracting severe pneumonia. He is just 40 years old. Askren was a 2008 Olympian...

South African boxing has lost a titan in the form of Phumlani Msibi, who recently died at the age of 57. As a television commentator and analyst, he developed a style all his own, at turns understated, informative, engaging and entertaining. And it was a style that fans warmed to, especially when he seemed to enjoy a fight...

Istanbul's Sinan Erdem Sport Complex will host a night of international boxing where Turkish talent will face Colombian opponents in two featured bouts.At middleweight, Serhat Güler (8-1, 7 KOs) of Turkey will face Colombia's Juan Diego Ortiz (9-1, 8 KOs). Güler, known for his strong punching and frontal boxing, will look...

This Saturday, June 28th, the Honda Center in Anaheim, California\ will host a battle that could reshape the cruiserweight landscape. Mexico’s Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramírez (47-1, 30 KOs), the reigning WBA  / WBO champion at 200 pounds, puts his crown on the line against former champion Yuniel “Dr. KO” Dorticos (27-2, 25 KOs)...

MLive.com reports that Joe Byrd, Sr. of Flint, Michigan, a former Olympic coach and a man who trained his undersized son to two heavyweight championships, passed away on Monday at age 89.  Boxing attorney John Hornewer wrote that "Joe was the patriarch of eight uniquely talented and special children that he had with his...

On June 26th, the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo will be the stage for a clash of generations as reigning champion Yuko Kuroki (24-8-2, 9 KOs) defends her WBA women’s minimumweight title against Nanako Suzuki (9-3, 3 KOs). Both fighters hail from Japan. Both know Korakuen Hall like the back of their hand. But only one...

Boxing returns to the forefront of Riyadh Season in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, August 16th with four big fights currently scheduled. Top of the bill is a heavyweight showdown between the 20 year-old Moses Itauma taking on former title challenger Dillian Whyte in a major test of his current credentials... Featherweight star...

Over the weekend, the two participant's in September's biggest fight faced on a press tour with stops in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and New York City. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (pictured) will defend his undisputed super middleweight championship against multi-division champ Terence Crawford on September 13th at Allegiant Stadium in...

Only two weeks after his last fight, Kansas super middlweight Marco “El Tiburon” Romero (8-0, 7 KOs) returns this Friday night in Wichita to fight on the “Legacy Reloaded” card, presented by Global Combat Collective. The show is headlined by the ring return of former heavyweight champion and 2008 US Olympic bronze...

Callum Walsh TKO5 Elias Espadas... Irish junior middleweight Callum Walsh (14-0, 11 KOs) scored a fifth-round technical decision victory over Elias Espadas (23-7-1, 16 KOs) at the Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California.  Following an accidental clash of heads that occurred during round two,  ring doctor Tony Hicks inspected...

Toro Promotions, Inc. has announced that it will expand its market on the international scene by promoting its first pro boxing event on September 20th in El Salvador. The show is scheduled to be headlined by a ten-round heavyweight fight between Kingsley “The Black Lion” Ibeh (15-2-1, 13 KOs), who has won his last 10 fights...

Featherweight Iman Lee (14-0, 8 KOs) showed poise, precision, and maturity beyond his years on Saturday, outclassing Mexico's Hector Munguia Calderon (15-1-1, 9 KOs) over six rounds to advance to phase three of the WBC Grand Prix single-elimination tournament. Fighting at the Global Theater in Riyadh’s Boulevard City and...

Jake Paul faces another former champion from a bygone era this weekend when he steps into the ring with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. [From 2011 to 2012, Chavez was the WBC middleweight champion. Paul vs. Chavez will be at cruiserweight]. The boasts and promises from ‘The Problem Child’ are consistent as ever heading into battle as...

This past Saturday, the state of Aragua, Venezuela played host to the ninth edition of the WBA Future of Venezuelan Boxing, held at the Centro Recreacional Yesterday, a venue rich in local boxing history. In the main event, 20-year-old Diego Carbajal (7-0, 4 KOs) kept his unbeaten record intact with an explosive...

The USA Youth High Performance Team earned seven gold medals at the 53rd annual USA Boxing National Junior Olympics and Summer Festival in Las Vegas. Lauryn Elmore (female 65 kg), Joseph Awinongya (male 80 kg), Kayla Moore (80+ kg), and Nnajai Wright (90+ kg) each made their tournament debuts on Saturday and earned gold...

Shea Willcox KO2 Kadhim Alkhazaali ... The two newest members of Granite Chin Promotions’ (GCP) roster, undefeated junior welterweight “Showtime” Shea Willcox and middleweight Rich Allen both turned in knockout wins for a sold-out crowd on Friday night at the Bridgewater Veterans Club in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Willcox,...

The upcoming IBA Pro Champions’ Night on July 2nd in Istanbul will feature not only professional boxing bouts but also bare-knuckle fights under the IBA banner. One of the main fight card highlights will be a clash between Turkish fighter Murat Kazgan, known as “Lord Pitbull,” and American Will Chope, nicknamed “The Kill.”...

As part of Riyadh Season, the Baker AlShidy Theatre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia hosted the first press conference for the highly anticipated clash between world super middleweight champion Canelo Álvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) and multi-division champion Terence Crawford (41-0-0, 31 KOs). On September 13th in Las Vegas, the...

Vito Mielnicki W10 Kamil Gardzielik ... Middleweight Vito Mielnicki Jr. returned to his home state for another night in the spotlight. The 23-year-old shut out Poland’s Kamil Gardzielik via ten-round unanimous decision (100-89 on all three cards) Saturday evening at Newark's Prudential Center. Mielnicki (21-1-1, 12 KOs)...

Francisco Rodríguez W12 Galal Yafai ... In another example of the recent trend of Mexicans going to England to defeat Matchroom-promoted boxers, Francisco “Chihuas” Rodríguez (40-6-1) put on a great fight in Birmingham and defeated Galal Yafai by unanimous decision. Rodrgiguez is now the WBC interim flyweight champion....

Damian Knyba TKO8 Marcin Siwy... Heavyweight Damian Knyba (16-0, 10 KOs) scored an eighth-round stoppage over Marcin Siwy (25-1-1, 12 KOs) in an all-Polish showdown held in Newark, New Jersey. Knyba, who stands six-foot-seven, enjoyed a six-inch height advantage. He used an extended lead hand to keep Siwy at range while...

The second stage of the WBC Boxing Grand Prix tournament, a vision of late WBC president José Sulaimán, with the support of Riyadh Season and Turki Alalshikh is now in the books. The four-division tournament saw fights take place in the heavyweight and featherweight divisions. These are the results:HEAVYWEIGHT: In the...

Jahi Tucker W10 Lorenzo Simpson ... In Newark, New Jersey, Jahi Tucker (15-1-1, 6 KOs) settled his beef with Lorenzo Simpson (15-3, 9 KOs) with a ten-round points victory after weeks of online back-and-forth. The judges scored it 96-94 and 97-93 (twice) in Simpson's favor. The bad blood carried into the ring, as both wasted...

The WBC Boxing Grand Prix tournament, a vision of the late WBC president José Sulaimán, with the support of Riyadh Season and Turki Alalshikh, returned with its second round of fights from the Global Theater in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, streaming live on DAZN. The  action featured bouts in the middleweight and junior...

David Stevens W10 Petr Khamukov... Reading, Pennsylvania's David “Dynamite” Stevens (15-2, 10 KOs) got past a determined challenge from Russian Olympian Petr “The Surgeon” Khamukov (13-1, 6 KOs) with a ten-round unanimous decision in the super middleweight main event of the DAZN-televised ‘LA Friday Night Fights 2’ event on...

On August 16th, Riyadh, Saudia Arabia will play host to a high-stakes showdown between two undefeated warriors who only know one direction—forward. WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball (22-0-1, 13 KOs) of Liverpool puts his belt on the line against Australia’s Sam Goodman (20-0, 8 KOs) in a battle that’s expected to ignite...

Here are the boxers' weights for Saturday's ESPN+ show at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The ESPN+ stream begins at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT. Vito Mielnicki Jr. 159.5 pounds vs. Kamil Gardzielik 159.5 (ten rounds); Jahi Tucker 160 vs. Lorenzo Simpson 159.5 (ten rounds); Damian Knyba 254.5 vs. Marcin...

Venezuela Top Boxing announced that on Friday, August 1st, Venezuela's Carlos Cañizales, will once again challenge for the WBC light flyweight world title against Thailand’s Panya Pradabsri. This time, the fight will take place in the Poliedro de Caracas. They also confirmed the live broadcast via ESPN Nocaut for all of...

Thanongsak Simsri W12 Christian Araneta... In a cautious twelve-round chess match held in Tokyo, Thanongsak Simsri of Thailand claimed the vacant IBF junior flyweight championship. Simsri edged Christian Araneta of the Philipines on two of the judges’ scorecards, 115-112 and 116-111. The third judge had it 114-113 for...

Russian super middleweight Petr “The Surgeon” Khamukov (13-0, 6 KOs) will headline “LA Friday Night Fights” against David “Dynamite” Stevens (14-2, 10 KOs) this week in Long Beach, California. Khamukov faces Stevens, who was a standout amateur boxer out of Pennsylvania, in a ten rounder that will be streamed live this Friday...